Individual Stories is the second part of a three-phase international art exhibition organized by Dalibor Polivka, Viktor Hulik and Rob Mintz showing eighteen avant-garde Slovakian artists at the Orange County Center for Contemporary Art in July 2010.

For this exhibit OCCCA is proud to host Galeria Z from Bratislava, Slovakia. In September 2010 OCCCA will send a group show to Slovakia called After Hours.

Contemporary art exists in a kaleidoscopic space of exchange, a shared world with many time zones. To build the first truly global culture artists must work together to promote, assist and inspire each other.

Vojto Kolenčík translates literature into painterly gestures. Blažej Baláž’s post-conceptualism centers on text. Vlado Popovič is influenced by his experiences in photography, film and theatre. Marko Blažo comments on current events in multi-media installations. Sveťo Ilavský’s paintings break through art’s conventions to attain great thematic complexity. Ján Hoffstädter’s objects engage the viewer in a sophisticated three-dimensional dialogue. Martin Lettrich sensually redefines space. Milota Havránková uses photography to depict her inner world, an intimate private domain. This rich variety of aesthetic theory and practice is anchored in the Slovak environment but resonates far beyond geographic borders. These artists are linked to us across obsolete frontiers by the internet, increased travel, international art fairs, and the desires of collectors. OCCCA is excited to introduce this roster of exotic names that roll off the tongue like poetry, wishing each of them the best of luck pursuing new exhibition opportunities in America.

This project was made possible with generous support
from the Ministry of Culture SK, U.S. Embassy in Bratislava, the Slovak Embassy in Los Angeles and the Slovak-American Center.